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cockfight Definition

cock·fight (käkfīt′)

noun

a fight between gamecocks, usually wearing metal spurs on the legs, with informal betting on the outcome and with prize money awarded to the owner of the winner: cockfights are illegal in the U.S.

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cockfight Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • Balinese: Wonderful as these stories are, one might sometimes welcome what Clifford Geertz called 'thick' descriptions of these our English equivalents of Balinese cockfights.

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